How Much Should I Charge?
Saw this on A Photo Editor and thought it was so well done I wanted it on my blog. The first few minutes are golden in explaining how much to charge. My only critique is that he’s basing is Cost of Doing Business on number of work days (250) but most photographers don’t shoot every [...]
Digital Processing Fees
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of pressure to reduce my digital processing fees and, in some cases, even hand off my RAW files and let a third party deal with the post processing. Well, let me state this once and for all: I won’t do that. If I’m hired to create images that are [...]
How to Become My Assistant (or Not)
I get a fair amount of emails from assistants moving to Portland looking for work. I totally get it. Portland is a cool place to live and being a photographer is fun. With NYC, LA, and San Francisco very expensive and hard to break into, Portland seems like an obvious place to start your career. [...]
Protest New 1099 Legislation
I was alerted this morning by ASMP that (unfortunately) part of the new healthcare reform legislation will seriously create a huge and unnecessary amount of paperwork for photographers or any small business. As of now, for any sub contractor (assistants, stylists, producers, etc.) that I pay over $600 in a year, I have to write [...]
Pricing Etiquette
Read this today and it really struck a chord with me. Just replace “sweater” with “photo.” From Lauren Venell of Biz Miss. Originally posted here on Design*Sponge. “Pricing Etiquette” Yes, Virginia, there is a polite way to price. Here are a couple of common pricing faux pas to avoid: Changing your prices too often: yes, [...]
Please Don’t Take My Images
Dear bloggers, writers, designers, illustrators, anyone that wants my photography on their website: Here’s the deal. If you want to talk me up or talk up my client, I don’t mind if you use my photography in a bloggy editorial kind of way. I just want a heads up. If you take my photography to [...]
Would You Take Something That Isn’t Yours?
If you’re an artist, you should protect you work. Via: http://www.dontscrewus.org/
